Cendol is a very famous dessert in Penang and Malacca but both versions taste slightly different. The main ingredients include shaved ice, coconut milk, gula melaka (palm sugar), green jelly noodles made with rice flour and red bean. The green colour used for the jelly noodles are made from natural green colouring extracted from the … Continue reading »
A picture of the menu cover I used to hate bitter gourd when I was young, for the obvious reason. It’s named bitter gourd for a reason. But as I grew up, this bitter fruit became one of my favourites. Like anything bitter, kinda like beer, it is an acquired taste. There are quite a … Continue reading »
Who would think that there’s actually a decent chinese restaurant in a shopping mall? Well, I have stereotyped food in a mall to be less delicious as they are usually for hungry shoppers to fill up their tummy. So I was actually pleasantly surprise at the quality of food at Xuan Xin Restaurant. It is … Continue reading »
Tang yuan are round glutinous rice dumplings. Types of tang yuan varies from traditionally plain with many different colours, to filled dumplings with either black sesame, peanut or red bean paste. It is quite a versatile and colourful dessert. Traditionally, tang yuan is eaten during winter solstice to celebrate the arrival of winter. Eating these … Continue reading »
I am very excited to share this post with you as this is a symbolic recipe for the very important Chinese New Year festival (10th Feb this year), which is like Christmas for us. The same for any race or religion, a celebration always means mountains of food. With so many varieties of food, it is impossible to … Continue reading »
Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) is on February 10th this year and it is fast approaching. This means that every Chinese celebrating this holiday will be busy making preparations. It is the most important festival; similar to Christmas in Western countries. This is usually the time for forgiveness and reunion where families and friends will … Continue reading »
My sister and her husband are arriving later in the evening and I am very sure they will be tired after a 13 hours flight. I am so excited, I feel as if I am going on a long holiday. So being the loving sister anticipating their arrival, I have cleaned and cleared space in … Continue reading »
Friday morning, the last day of the work week. Everyone anticipates for the weekend. Clearly, I was already drifting in my dreams. I was in the train to work as usual. Normally, I would get off at the right station and do that 20 minutes walk to the office but not this day. The iPhone … Continue reading »
According to my dad, Wonton Mee (Pork Dumpling Noodles) was once called ‘Tok Tok Mee’ as the vendors used to pedal their stall on wheels around the neighbourhood. The man would knock a bamboo stick on a bamboo cylinder, making the ‘tok tok’ sound and calling out ‘Tok Tok Mee’ to let the neighbourhood be … Continue reading »
This is a very delicious chicken dish, although not traditional Chinese, is popular in Western countries. Through my observation, it is rather typical for non-Chinese to order sweet and sour chicken with egg fried rice in a Chinese restaurant and more so at a Takeaway. Guess who is a fan. So being the ‘best girlfriend’ … Continue reading »
